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Comparative
more credulous
Superlative
most credulous
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believing things easily even without much evidence that leads to being easy to deceive
- It's surprising how even educated people can be so credulous when it comes to superstitions.
- Celebrities often take advantage of their credulous fans, selling them questionable products.
- Parents teach their children to be wary of strangers so they aren't too credulous and easily deceived.
- He was too credulous and fell for the scam immediately.
- The politician's promises were taken at face value by his credulous supporters.
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arising from or based on excessive readiness to believe
- The book was filled with credulous superstitions from the old village.
- His credulous fears had no grounding in reality.
- The rumor spread due to credulous assumptions about the mayor.
- Credulous beliefs fueled the popularity of the fake cure.
- The article repeated credulous claims without verifying the facts.